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Shiloh, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chesterfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29709. It stands on Mash Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle.

Shiloh within Chesterfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

309 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,738 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 31 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unidentified Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cheraw Pit EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw Pit EastClayPast Producer
Cheraw Pit WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw Pit WestClayPast Producer
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chesterfield County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bethesda3.5 miles12
Rivers (historical)3.6 miles12
Hunts Mill4.2 miles12
Chesterfield4.3 miles12
Campbell Crossroads4.4 miles12
Catoe (historical)4.7 miles12
Hunts Spring (historical)4.7 miles12
Bay Springs5.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227980. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.